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Hippeastrum aulicum, the Lily of the Palace, is a bulbous perennial, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado ecoregions from Brazil to Paraguay, in South America.

Hippeastrum aulicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Genus:	Hippeastrum
Species:	H. aulicum
Binomial name
Hippeastrum aulicum (Ker Gawl.) Herb.[1]

Description

Hippeastrum aulicum is a bulbous epiphyte, growing on rocks and trees which has large scarlet flowers with a green throat, usually with four flowers to a stem. It blooms in late summer and autumn.[2]

Taxonomy

Hippeastrum aulicum was first described by Ker Gawler in 1883.[1][3]

Synonyms

See The Plant List [4]

• Amaryllis aulica Ker Gawl.
• Amaryllis aulica var. platypetala Lindl.
• Amaryllis heuseriana (H.Karst.) Ravenna
• Amaryllis heuseriana f. campanulata Ravenna
• Amaryllis robusta Otto & A.Dietr. [Illegitimate]
• Amaryllis rougieri Carrière
• Amaryllis tettanii auct.
• Aulica latifolia Raf.
• Aulica platypetala (Lindl.) Raf.
• Aulica striata Raf.
• Hippeastrum aulicum var. platypetalum (Lindl.) Herb.
• Hippeastrum aulicum f. robustum (A.Dietr. ex Walp.) Voss
• Hippeastrum heuserianum H.Karst.
• Hippeastrum robustum A.Dietr. ex Walp.
• Hippeastrum tweedianum Herb.
• Omphalissa aulica (Ker Gawl.) Salisb.
• Trisacarpis rubra Raf.

Etymology

The species name aulicum comes from the Latin, meaning 'princely'.[5]

Cultivation

Hippeastrum aulicum is cultivated by specialty flower bulb nurseries as an ornamental plant.[6]

References

Sources

• "List of Species of the Brazilian Flora". Reflora. Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
• Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 107(1): i–xcvi, 1–983; 107(2): i–xx, 985–2286; 107(3): i–xxi, 2287–3348.

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